§ 21-1109. Following fire apparatus prohibited; passing parking or backing emergency vehicles prohibited  


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  •    (a) Fire apparatus. -- Unless he is on official business, the driver of a vehicle may not:

       (1) Follow within 500 feet of any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm; or

       (2) Drive or park within 300 feet of any fire apparatus stopped in response to a fire alarm.

    (b) Passing parking or backing emergency vehicles. -- The driver of a vehicle may not pass an emergency vehicle within 100 feet of an entrance ramp of a fire or rescue station when the emergency vehicle is in the process of parking or backing.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66 1/2, § 11-1109; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 2001, ch. 490.